Contamination investigation

Clowes Developments, the applicant behind the project, has also agreed to build 32% of affordable housing and to put £2.4m towards a new bridge and link road.

The council said more than 4,000 jobs would be created from the industrial and commercial parts of the development.

The planning committee, which voted unanimously in favour of the application, said several key conditions still had to be met, including a legal agreement to secure the affordable housing, and the outcome of investigations into possible noise pollution and contaminated land.

The development covers 46.4 hectares of land near Didcot, Sutton Courtenay and Milton.

South Oxfordshire District Council, which covers 9.5 hectares of the proposed development, will make its own decision in August.

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The Didcot Power Station site layout in 2014

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The proposed development is south of where a boiler house collapsed in February

The application was opposed by Sutton Courtenay Parish Council and Didcot Town Council, which raised concerns about traffic and pedestrian safety, and possible contamination.